Dress separator



to in association with hung so placin I Pat Feb.5,1924.

UNiTan STATES not. 11. rank, or new roax, x. r.

DRESS SEPABATOB.

Application filed January so, was. Serial 1''... sums.

To, all whom it may concern; Be it known that 1, PAUL M. FRANK, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city ofNew York borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Dress Separator, of which the following is adescription.

My invention relates to a device for use garments, particularly dresses,and adapte. to be suspended from the pole, rack or other supportingmeans between the garments.

The general object of my invention is to 18 rovide a device fortheindicated purpose aving stabilit to maintainits form and presentingsur aces adapted to permit of the garments being completely separated toprevent entanglements and to facilitate the and removal of one garmentinde 11 ently of adjacent garments. 4

ference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the draw- 25 ings aremerely of the invention.

Figure 1 is an end view of a luralitiy of my imsroved dress separatorspose tween resses suspended by garment hang-. an era from a'pole;

Figure 2 is afaoe view with aportion' of the paper covering broken away;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section of the upper portion of thedress as arator.

In carrying out my invention m practice a dress separator indicatedgenerally by; the

numeral is formed of two or more t ickedges of which is a fabric bindingstrip 12 4 extending about the separator at the four sides. The devicehas such an areaso that when suspended between rments on hangers Bsuspended from apo e C, rack or other support, the separators 10- willafford a comat plete separation of adjacent garments and present asmooth surface to both.

The separator is provided with a hanger device designated generall bythe numeral 13 which presents a shank aving a hook 14 to suspend thedevice from. the pole C or like sup ort.

of the anger 13 the wire forming the illustrative of one example Fromthe base of the shankhanger extends in opposite directions obliquely asat 15 between the cardboard sheets 11, said members 15 forming securingmembers to firmly fasten the hanger in position. The terminal ends ofthe members 15 'advantageously extend between bindin strips 12. In orderto resist any possib e tendency of the members 15 of the ban er 13 topull out from between the card ard sheets 11, I provide suitablefasteners 16 uniting the upper ends of the cardboard sheets 11.

With the above described device the garments A are prevented frombecoming entangled one with another and each garment may be placed orremoved without disturbing adjacent garments.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of m invention, I do not limit myselfstrictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, thesame can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of theinvention asdefined in the ap ended claims.

Having thus ascribed my invention, I claim 1. A- garment separatorpresenting a broad area to be disposed between adjacent suspended theedges of said sheets, and a hanger having a hook at the upper end andhaving at the base thereof diverging members extending obliquely betweenthe cardboard sheets, together with fastener means passed above the saiddiverging members of the hanger.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

arments and comprising sheets. of stiff car board, a binder extendingabout through the cardboard sheets at the top nesses 11 of stiffcardboard applied to the separator board for suspended dresses and Iother garments, said separator board presenting a broad area of stiffmaterial adapted to be disposed between adjacent suspending garments tocompletely as arate the same, and. hanger means on sai separator at thetop.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a dress separator formed of stiffcardboard and presenting a broad area to constitute a separator between,ad'acent suspending garments, the oppositesides presenting subetantieiiysmooth surfaces, and e hanger herring base members incorporated in saideegarstor between the cardboard sheets.

A5 a new artiele of manufacture, a dress separator formed of stifi'cardboard and presenting-a broad area to constitute separator betweenediacent suspending garments, the opposite si es presenting suba m astantially smooth surfaces, and a hanger having base membersincorporated in said 1 PAUL M. FRANK

